Show commissioner dead last evening when the dispatch in the HERALD stating that the president had bad appointed abner B williams of washington ton ark to be a member of the utah commission vice J K R pettigrew was read there was considerable speculation as to the cause for such appointment it now appears that mr pettigrew has hits passed fro from m his mortal career as the following dispatch in the st louia louis globe demo crat will show fayetteville FAYETT KVILLE ark oct 21 tide bae has been a ead sad date in fayetteville the remains of the late colonel jas jae it Fettig pettigrew rew who died sunday in waco lexas arrived on the noon train and were met at the depot by a delegation of citizen citizens and escorted to the methodist church where here he re trained under tinder a guard of honor until 2 the hour of funeral services business less was entirely suspended eue and a larye large concourse assembled at 11 t the church including the I 1 masons odd fellows A and u d knigh ts of honor ti 0 which order the decess deceased ed belonged the fer services vices were conducted by professor il al welch oreave of cave hill a longtime long lone time friend of the family he ile pronounced an elo quent and feeling eulogy upon the cie deceased ceased and preached a touching and able sermon at tho the of which the body was taken in charge by tho the societies and conducted to evergreen cemetery where it was interred in accordance with their rites the death of col pettigrew removes iq an 11 and public spirited pi a gentleman who rho s had ad made an impression upon lipon public af lairs and his loss au will long be felt liis his death leaves a vacancy in the utah Cominis commission aion which president cleveland will soon bo be called upon to fill 11 as tho the next nie mee tioff eting is to be held early in november |